Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> That's a good idea, disecting the pre-existing patterns can often 
be a 
> good starting point for learnign how unfamiliar styles of music are 
> written.  If ou have access to a software sequencer, you might want 
to 
> load up the Pattern data in that too, as it can be easier to see 
excatly 
> where the notes are placed for each track then.
> 
> rEalm

Interesting suggestion.  Thanks as always!

I have Logic Audio Big Box, which I bought last year and still 
haven't opened (shortly after, I joined my first orchestra and was 
busily practicing to get up to speed).  I'm debating the relative 
merits of staying on the Logic platform or switching over to MOTU.  I 
don't have a real mixer yet to organize the audio outputs of the XL-7 
and my 2 Nord synths and am trying to decide between a "traditional" 
Mackie type mixer or a MOTU 828MkII which could do double duty as a 
Firewire audio interface and mixer.  If I choose the latter, I hear 
Digital Performer integrates especially well with the 828MkII.

Basically, I'm still not finished assembling my bedroom studio and 
just want to get gear (audio multitracking software, mixer, audio 
interface) that will work well together. I read horror stories all 
the time about gear that won't play nice with each other ;)

Paolo